here. people were trying to evacuate all over the place. the whole metro, it was basically a huge evacuation zone it seemed. as we got south, all the areas and roads and arteries going south out of the metro area, it was just bumper to bumper with traffic all the way south of the metro. and it was kind of a scary situation there, because if something had actually, you know, a tornado had formed south, and there would have been hundreds and hundreds of cars and people stuck in these huge traffic jams during a very violent tornado. something i have not seen before. we were a little ways and people were actually driving southbound in the northbound lanes to try and get out of the way. even though there was actually
let s talk about it. with the moore, oklahoma, story, and let s not forget shawnee, oklahoma, an ef-2 came in and killed two people, and then the next day an ef-5 came through and just really tkau phademoliss of moore. it developed and dropped tornados right and left. we understand at least five tornadoes on the ground confirmed. it was the sort of storm that parked itself over oklahoma city and just stayed there. you know, as far as our, you know, our ability to get out of the way,e had a plan in place and we got ahead of the traffic, but still we found ourselves being chased by this big black cloud that just kept coming our way, and even chad meyers, our meteorologist, found himself in the same position, because this was really just a storm that
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no imminent tornado threat, people were really, really panicked. you can tell by the erratic driving. we almost got in a head on collision trying to go north and cars coming at us the opposite way. it was like i thought about people evacuating from a hurricane where they open up the other side of the lanes to let people go. such a dynamic and changing evolving situation with tornados forming and these storms coming in and it was really asking for a catastrophe. i am surprised there was not more problems or we re not hearing of more reports of injuries from car crashes. that was in missouri. there was violent storms there as well. they stripped the signage off buildings and sent roofs flying. no deaths reported, fortunately. the governor, jay nixon, declared a state of emergency.
midwest, that means we re getting our first good look at the damage brought on by the tornadoes friday. this video in from st. charles, missouri, homes here destroyed. look at that, the roof just ripped off there, you can look right into what looks to be their dining room. trees broken in half. the county declared a state of emergency and we also want to mention that graduation ceremonies for the francis howell school district there have been canceled for today. the arena they would have been held in was damaged in the storm. that s according to our affiliate ksdk. staying in missouri there were a lot of close calls last night although hundreds of roads were closed and thousands of homes were damaged, thankfully no one was killed. look at this tour of some damaged homes with our affiliate ksdk. reporter: as the sun comes up in the greater st. louis area, the people are coming out to assess the damage in this community for the storm that rolled through area about 8:00 last night. it